IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 36
by VolareChapter 36: Where is there any power of words, it’s all about the precariousness of the disguise.
Yun Qi had just helped the person up when he discovered his home had been robbed. Fortunately, the people following him had arrived, so Yun Qi handed the person over to them to deal with that tactless thing himself.
Facing his favorite prey, the vicious dog reluctantly maintained a bit of patience. He threw out what he considered a very attractive bait, waiting for the prey to take the hook: “My master is the Vice Minister of Public Works.”
Lin Yan rolled his eyes, his expression unfriendly.
Seeing that the prey was unmoved, the vicious dog increased the weight of the bait: “In another two or three months, my master will definitely be promoted to Minister.”
Lin Yan clenched and unclenched his fists, finally refraining from taking action. He pushed away the vicious dog’s hand, muttering, “People are important, people are important,” and turned to go find the person he had saved.
Yun Qi leaned close to Lin Yan, whispering in his ear, “Just do whatever Big Brother wants to do.”
Yun Qi was usually cautious, and these inflammatory words were nothing like him. Lin Yan looked Yun Qi up and down, then turned back to the injured old man, still hesitating: “But…”
“Oh dear, Father, why did you run here…” The scout supporting the man immediately understood, calling “Father” with exceptional familiarity.
The old man was stunned by the call, and followed along in a daze. Seeing him like this, the little suspicion Lin Yan had just felt instantly dissipated.
The scout led the old man towards the pharmacy, not forgetting to give Lin Yan another dose of reassurance: “Thank you, young master, you can leave the rest to me.”
With no worries, Lin Yan decided to teach this arrogant bully a lesson. He warmed up his muscles and looked at the vicious dog again.
“Oh, little beauty, I like your temper.” Seeing Lin Yan return, the vicious dog was even more pleased. It seemed the prey had entered the trap, and now it was his turn to perform. The vicious dog looked the prey up and down, quickly finding something to pick at. He tapped his nose, feigning dissatisfaction: “But this mole of yours is really ugly. The betrothal gift will have to be discounted, but it will definitely be much more generous than ordinary families. Where is your home, south or north of the city? Tell me, and I’ll come propose marriage tomorrow.”
“You like my temper, huh?” Lin Yan nodded, cracked his knuckles, and then punched him.
The vicious dog was stunned by Lin Yan’s punch. He leaned on the person beside him to barely steady himself, raising his hand to touch his nose, which had been punched red.
The dark red blood made the vicious dog regain his senses. The smile on his face completely disappeared, revealing his fangs: “You little slut, I’m giving you face, aren’t I?”
The vicious dog raised his hand to strike, but his wrist was grabbed. He cried out in pain, his expression instantly twisted.
The vicious dog barely withdrew his hand, exerting a great effort to adjust his expression. Only then did he notice Yun Qi behind Lin Yan.
This person had ordinary looks and wore only commoner’s clothes, but for some reason, the vicious dog felt that this person was not someone he could easily provoke.
“Oh, so you have a backer.” The vicious dog clicked his tongue, looked at Yun Qi, and nodded, bringing out his master to intimidate the situation, “I advise you to be sensible. My sister is very favored by my master. If you provoke me, you provoke my sister, and if you provoke my sister, you provoke my master. If you have any sense…”
“I’ve always been good at judging people,” Yun Qi took a step back, as if to concede.
“That’s right, then you should…”
Before the vicious dog could finish his sentence, Yun Qi kicked him to the ground. Before the people behind the vicious dog could react, Yun Qi had already stepped on the vicious dog’s leg, sneering, “If Minister Jiang can raise a dog like you, he probably isn’t a good person either. Beheading him in the fall is already too late. In that case…”
The foot on the vicious dog’s leg exerted increasing force, and the sound of bones breaking was exceptionally clear. Immense pain spread from the leg, and the vicious dog heard the person stepping on him say, word by word, “Why should I be afraid of a dead man?”
The vicious dog’s lackeys finally reacted, scrambling to help the vicious dog. The dog, with a broken leg, thought of his master and his arrogance instantly flared up again: “You just wait…”
“Steward Jiang, Steward Jiang…” A servant-looking person ran over in a panic, but when he saw the vicious dog’s disheveled state, the words he was about to say choked in his throat.
Naturally, the vicious dog didn’t have a good expression when his embarrassment was seen. He secretly remembered the person, preparing to deal with him severely when he got back.
That person also knew that he had seen something he shouldn’t have, and lowered his head, muttering apologies.
The vicious dog was too lazy to listen to the person’s rambling. He pointed at Lin Yan, humming a few sounds from his nose: “What are you doing? Can’t you see I’m busy?”
The servant hurriedly approached the vicious dog, whispering a few words in his ear.
The muscles in the vicious dog’s face twitched uncontrollably, and his eyebrows jumped. He forced himself to appear calm, pointed at Lin Yan and then at Yun Qi, and left a threatening remark: “You kid is really lucky. I’ll let you off for today, but I’ll deal with you later.”
Before the people around could react, the vicious dog had already limped away with his people.
Lin Yan, who had only thrown one punch, said he hadn’t had enough. He had wanted to have a free fight with the vicious dog, but the person had quit halfway.
Why was this unfolding so strangely?
Yun Qi leaned close to Lin Yan, explaining in a low voice, “I got news earlier that Minister Jiang was going to be in trouble. Looking at them like this, the confiscation of his home must have arrived.”
The sounds of the surrounding people’s discussions also drifted into Lin Yan’s ears. Lin Yan gradually pieced together the information about the Jiang family, but he didn’t hear any news about the Jiang family being convicted.
So, Yun Qi’s news definitely didn’t come from normal channels.
Yun Qi didn’t give Lin Yan a chance to ask questions, pointing to the stall beside them to divert the topic: “Big Brother, they’re selling milk over there. Let’s go buy some, shall we?”
Milk was indeed very healthy, but Lin Yan only used it to make desserts. Yun Qi had never mentioned it before, so what was happening today.
But when it came to eating, Lin Yan always granted Yun Qi’s requests. He handed the newly bought milk to Yun Qi, casually asking, “Why do you suddenly want to buy that?”
Yun Qi pointed to the teahouse beside them, licking his lips: “I want to drink milk tea…”
Having stayed in this era for a long time, many things had become distant. If Yun Qi hadn’t mentioned it, Lin Yan would have almost forgotten what milk tea tasted like.
But since he had remembered, and the ingredients were ready, and even the venue was available, it would be unforgivable not to make three large pots.
As soon as Lin Yan was seated in the private room, he busied himself. The teahouse owner didn’t know why Lin Yan wanted the tea-boiling stove used in winter, but the customer was his livelihood, especially since Lin Yan used a heavy silver ingot to reason with him and move him with emotion.
Making milk tea was very simple. You only needed to put the tea leaves into the pot, pour in hot water, and the tea fragrance would spread out. After the water boiled, you turned down the heat and simmered for a few minutes, and the tea would turn an amber reddish-brown color. After a while, you could slowly pour in the prepared milk along the side of the pot.
Milk and tea collided and merged, white and reddish-brown intertwined, and the fragrance of milk and tea permeated each other.
It actually smelled good?
Yun Qi sniffed, trying to suppress the surprise that made his eyebrows rise.
Lin Yan gently stirred the pot with a spoon, allowing the milk and tea to mix perfectly. Then he added brown sugar, stirred it twice, filtered out the tea residue, and it was done.
Lin Yan put the milk tea under his nose and smelled it. The fragrance of milk, tea, and sweetness intertwined, refreshing his heart.
“Smells good,” Lin Yan handed the newly made milk tea to Yun Qi, his eyes shining.
Every little caring gesture from Lin Yan was kept in Yun Qi’s heart. He carefully took the milk tea, abandoned his reserve, and drank it all in one gulp.